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Press Release

Tunisia: Repressive Crackdown on Civil Society Organizations Following Months of Escalating Violence Against Refugees and Migrants

The Tunisian government has launched an unprecedented repressive clampdown against migrants, refugees, and human rights defenders working to protect their rights, as well as journalists.

May 16, 2024

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Press Release

CBP One Mobile Application Violates the Rights of People Seeking Asylum in the United States

Mandatory use of the CBP One app as the sole means of seeking asylum in the U.S. is a violation of international human rights and refugee law.

May 9, 2024

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CBP One – A Blessing or a Trap?

Amnesty International examined the human rights issues associated with the use of CBP One, a mobile application launched by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

May 9, 2024

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Press Release

Amnesty International Challenges President Biden to Abandon Cruel Anti-Immigrant Proposals 

President Biden needs to find the political courage to rise above the growing tide of xenophobia and return to his promise to push for common-sense solutions that center safety and human rights.

February 28, 2024

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Executive Action Restricting the Right to Seek Asylum Would Lead to More Death, Suffering, and Chaos at the Border

These proposed changes by the Biden Administration would undoubtedly violate both U.S. and international human rights law.

February 22, 2024

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Amnesty International USA Reaction to Senate Deal that Guts Asylum Rights

Human rights are not bargaining chips. People have the human right to seek asylum. Senators must not trade away the human rights of immigrants and people seeking safety.

February 5, 2024

Credit: Eliana Rodgers A migrant is confronted by mass surveillance at a border crossing and is reminded of his uncertain future. Activists work to resist these systems.

Press Release

Global: Amnesty International Publishes an Introduction to Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age

Technology developments in asylum and migration management systems becoming key human rights concern; have discriminatory impact on refugees, migrants and asylum seekers.

February 5, 2024

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Defending the Rights of Refugees and Migrants in the Digital Age

Digital technology interventions are increasingly shaping and delivering the migration management and asylum policies of states.

February 5, 2024

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Press Release

Urgently Investigate Inhumane Treatment and Enforced Disappearance of Palestinian Detainees from Gaza

Amnesty International is deeply concerned for the fate of Palestinians from the occupied Gaza Strip detained by Israeli forces amid reports of mass enforced disappearances.

December 20, 2023

A migrant family watches the sunset while waiting to be accounted for and taken to a border patrol processing facility after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. on June 21, 2021 in La Joya, Texas. A surge of mostly Central American immigrants crossing into the United States has challenged U.S. immigration agencies along the U.S. Southern border.
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Press Release

Congress Urged to Not Gut Asylum System

Amnesty International responds to Congress and the White House negotiating the inclusion of nationwide expedited removal and a gutting of the U.S. asylum system in the federal supplemental funding bill.

December 8, 2023

Press Release

Report-out from Delegation of Civil and Human Rights Leaders Visiting US-Mexico Border

On Friday, May 12, at 1 pm CT/2 pm ET, members of a senior delegation of human rights leaders led by the Haitian Bridge Alliance will brief reporters on their trip to the U.S.-Mexico border during the lifting of Title 42 and replacement with a new Biden administration asylum ban.

May 12, 2023

Press Release

Mandatory Use of CBP One Mobile Application Violates Right to Seek Asylum

The mandatory use of the CBP One mobile application as the sole means of entering the United States to seek international protection is a clear violation of international human rights law, Amnesty International said today.

May 9, 2023